Molding-board.



Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

J. S. MOQUINN- MOLDING BOARD.

INVENTOR j zmes J W qwi' l 'g I fl APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1909.

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MOLDING-BOARD.

Original application filed November 24, 1908, Serial No. 464,319.

January 23, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Divided and this application filed Serial No. 473,909.

To all whom it may concern: f and extend longitudinally of the side moldBe it known that I, JAMES S. MOQUINN, ings far enough into the latter togive a sea citizen of the United States, residing at cure bearing fornuts 19 which are let there- Newcastle, in the county of Henry and Statein. By means of the bolts and nuts the ends of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and of the moldings are drawn closely together usefulImprovements in Molding-Boards, of and are securely held in closerelation so which the following is a specification. that any expansionof the body of the table- This is a division of my original applicatopwill cause the nails 16 to bend or give in tion for patent for kitchencabinet filed Nov. the grain of the wood holding same, allow- 24, 1908,Serial No. 464,319. ing the moldings at the sides of the table- Thisinvention relates to improvements 111 top to move longitudinally. Thus,instead tabletops or molding-boards expressly de of causing the jointsto open where the bolts signed for kitchen cabinets, and made of areinserted, any variation between the built-up sections securelydovetailed together, width of the table-top and lengths of the and theobject is to provide front and side side moldings due to expansion orcontracframe-members which are joined together at tion of material ofwhich they are made, the corners of the table in a manner to prewill bemanifest at the rear edge of the tablevent the opening of the joints bythe expantop where it will be hid under the top cabinet. sion of thesections constituting the built- By bolting the corners of the moldingstoup top. gether as above described, a more secure I accomplish theobjects of this invention holding means is provided by the depending bythe structure illustrated in the accomparts 13 of said moldings to keeth ends panying drawing, in which of the base 6 from spreading. Theheads Figure 1, is a detail in Vertical CI'0SSSeC of the bolts 18 arelet in below the surface tion of a kitchen cabinet embodying my of thefront molding and their sockets will improvements; Fig. 2, isa detall intop plan preferably be filled in with wooden plugs view and partialhorizontal section Of my corresponding to the material and finish of newtable-top, and Fig. 3, a detail in vertical th ldi g, section showingthe manner in which the Whil I hav d ribed and shown the built-up top isconstructed. table-top 8 as not being covered, the prac- Like charactersof reference indic e l tics of covering the mold-boards of kitchen.parts throughout the Several V eWS 0f e cabinets with sheet aluminum orother madrawing. terial is common and may be practiced with I willpreferably construct my table top the present invention. out of aplurality of narrow wooden strips Having thus fully described theinvention which are longitudinally grooved and dovehat is claimed as newand for which a tailed together at their meeting edges in the at t i dei d, i manner clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. 1. A molding boardcomprising edge This provides a molding-boa d Wh c C be moldings at theends of the board secured washed and scraped to keep i file n W hothereto by means of nails, an edge molding any metal coverlng as 18 SIIl l l ed, and at the front edge of the board overlapping withoutWarpmg of th p 1' p l g up the ends of said first moldings and bolts theoints. uniting the molding oints thus formed.

A frame or molding 12 will be secured to 2. A molding board comprisingaplurality the top, built up as described, by means of of strips havingtongues and grooves where- 1 finishing nails 16, of comparatively smallby said strips may interlock, edge moldings diameter whereby they willbend readily at the ends of the board, means for fastenunder strain. Thefront molding will eX- ing said moldings to said ends, an edge tendacross or lap the ends of the side moldmolding at the front edge of theboard ings and keep the meeting joints of these overlapping the ends ofsaid first moldings moldings from opening up by the swelling and boltsfor uniting the molding joints thus of the wooden strips out of whichthe main formed. portion of the top is constructed, I use the 3. Amolding board comprisingaplurality bolts 18 which pass through the endsof the of strips having tongues and grooves wherefront moldingtransversely as shown in Fig. by said strips may interlock, edgemoldings 11o nailed to the ends of the board, an edge my hand and sealat Indianapolis, Indiana, molding at the front edge of the boardoverthis 12th day of January, A. D. one thoulapping the ends of saidfirst moldings, and sand nine hundred and nine.

bolts passing through the front molding into JAMES S. MGQUINN. [L. s]

5 the ends of the end moldings for uniting the Vitnesses:

' o1nts thus formed. JOSEPH A. MINTURN,

In Witness whereof, I, have hereunto set F. V. VOERNER.

